On 5 January , it was announced that Dereck Chisora would get his fight with Klitschko. Booth alleged Haye had met every single one of Klitschko's demands.

On 5 March, it was instead announced that the highly anticipated fight against David Haye would take place on 2 July The contract was written so that if Klitschko was not fully healed, then Haye would fight his brother, Vitali.

Klitschko and Haye agreed to a split of the purse and Haye was allotted seats at the venue. Klitschko won by unanimous decision, the three judges scored it —, —, and — all in favour of Klitschko.

Haye revealed afterwards that he had a broken toe. After winning the WBA title, all of the major Heavyweight titles were in the hands of the Klitschko family.

Wladimir and Vitali became the first and only pair of brothers to hold all of the heavyweight titles simultaneously.

On 6 October , Klitschko announced his next fight. The fight would have taken place at Esprit Arena , Düsseldorf. The fight was billed Alle Gürtel.

After the removal operation he suffered from fever and inflammation. Mormeck failed to land anything in rounds 1 and 4. On 4 March , Klitschko stated that he would next fight his mandatory challenger Tony Thompson , 24 KOs in a rematch from their first fight in At the time, he stated that the newly opened Barclays Arena in New York were interested in showcasing a Klitschko brother.

Since they last fought, Thompson recorded 5 straight wins, all by knockout. Thompson was also down after Klitschko landed a big right hand. Thompson managed to beat the count just as the round ended.

It was his 12th consecutive title defense, the third-most in heavyweight history. There was first mention of a potential Klitschko vs.

Bernd Boente denied these claims. A date in November was considered with the venue likely to be in Hamburg, Germany. Terms were fully agreed within days of the negotiations for the fight to take place 10 November.

On fight night, at the 02 World Arena, Klitschko dominated and retained his belts via a one sided unanimous decision.

The three judges' scored the fight —, —, and — The bout opened with a battle between jabs which was won by Klitschko, who was following his jabs with his signature straight right.

Wach managed to wobble Klitschko in round 5 but failed to take advantage. Wach also showed a great chin later in the fight when Klitschko began to let his hands go more landing thunderous shots.

Days before the Klitschko vs. Wach fight took place, it was revealed that Team Sauerland offered Klitschko 5 million euros for a possible fight against then-WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck in the future.

At the time, Huck was preparing for a title defence against Firal Arslan. The reason the fight would never get made was due to the fact that the Klitschko's had a contract with German television network RTL and Huck was signed with their rival network ARD.

At the end of , the World Boxing Association ordered its super-champion Klitschko to fight WBA regular-champion Alexander Povetkin of Russia by 24 February , [] but the two sides couldn't reach an agreement.

Pianeta was no different. Speaking to ESPN, he said, "I'm getting always criticised with my opponents, it doesn't matter are they well known or not so much and it's always very difficult to fight against someone that is not known because you are always getting these critics.

He went on to say he won his biggest fight against cancer in He dropped Pianeta with a right hand in round four, a left hand put Pianeta down in the fifth; the fight ended at 2: Promoter Vladimir Hryunov won the right to promote Klitschko vs.

It allowed Ryabinsky to dictate the location of the fight and guaranteed the fighters the biggest purses of their careers. The fight took place in October , Klitschko's third undefeated consecutive opponent.

The bout was marred with over clinches, most initiated by Klitschko, followed by several repeated roughhouse tactics throughout the match.

This included Klitschko's leaning on his opponent and pushing his head down and throwing Povetkin away to prevent Povetkin from clinching, which resulted in the referee scoring some of Povetkin's fallings as knockdowns, as well as Povetkin's punching after referee's break command and leaning his head too low.

All 3 judges scored it — on the scorecards. Leapai fight to take place in Germany on 26 April. Tua told Australian newspaper The Courier-Mail he "didn't want to help anyone beat a "Samoan brother".

You were challenging, you were bold. You had great desire to become a champion. Not many of my opponents have that type of attitude, that type of heart.

The 10 punches landed were made up of 6 jabs and 4 power punches. The IBF finally ordered Klitschko vs. Kubrat Pulev on 8 May and given 30 days negotiation period.

The IBF accepted the request. A new date of 15 November was set. Despite making a spirited effort, Pulev suffered three knockdowns en route to being knocked out in round five by a devastating left hook.

The time of stoppage was recorded as 2: In the post-fight, Pulev said, "Wladimir is a really good opponent, but he was lucky.

I want a rematch". Klitschko praised Pulev, calling him a tough competitor. This was made up of 10 jabs and 15 power shots landed.

Jennings was confirmed and to take place on 25 April at Madison Square Garden. Negotiations initially started in November Klitschko's manager, Bernd Boente finally announced the fight and said all contracts had been signed.

The Barclays Center in Brooklyn was originally chosen to stage the fight, but no reason was given for the change of venue.

He defeated Jennings by effective use of his jab and nullifying Jennings' offensive game on the inside, especially by holding Jennings, which resulted in the referee deducting a point in the 10th round for excessive holding, although Klitschko did end up winning via unanimous decision with scores of —, —, and — Klitschko was scheduled to take on undefeated heavyweight contender Tyson Fury , the WBO mandatory challenger, on 24 October in an unprecedented 28th heavyweight world title appearance.

On 25 September , Klitschko postponed the fight, citing a calf injury. It was rescheduled for 28 November Klitschko reportedly had his hands wrapped without a representative of Fury, so had to do them again.

Klitschko and Fury showed little offence during the 12 rounds, but Fury did enough to take the decision. In the post-fight interview, an emotional Fury said, "This is a dream come true.

We worked so hard for this. It's hard to come to foreign countries and get decisions. It just means so much to me to come here and get the decision.

And thanks very much for having me. It was all fun and games during the buildup. He said, "Tyson was the faster and better man tonight.

I felt quite comfortable in the first six rounds, but I was astonished that Tyson was so fast in the second half as well. I couldn't throw my right hand because the advantage was the longer distance he had.

Klitschko was entitled to a rematch with Fury as part of the contract for their first fight. The rematch was eventually announced on 8 April and set to take place in Fury's home town at Manchester Arena in Manchester , England on 9 July He apologised to his fans and confirmed the fight would be rescheduled for a later date.

On Thursday 7 July, Fury announced via his Twitter account that the rescheduled fight would take place on 29 October at Manchester Arena.

On 23 September, Fury again postponed the fight after being declared "medically unfit", [] before eventually vacating the WBA "Super", WBO and IBO titles, citing problems with depression after testing positive for cocaine.

Days after the Fury rematch was called off, Klitschko was approached by Eddie Hearn , promoter of IBF champion Anthony Joshua , to fight on the 28 November date they had set for a second defence.

Klitschko then turned his attention to fighting Browne instead on 10 December, a date his team had an arena set for in Germany.

Talks between the Klitschko camp and Hearn remained active with a fight set for the first part of Because of this clashing with the WBA enforcing their mandatory, it was believed that either Joshua or Klitschko would have to vacate a title.

He put a request in for 5, more tickets to be made available. Joshua came in heavier at pounds. In front of a post-war record crowd of 90, in attendance, Joshua won by TKO in a high-drama war that saw both men giving their all.

They fought a close and cautious first four rounds. In the fifth, Joshua came out roaring and barraged Klitschko to the canvas.

An angry Klitschko rose up and dominated Joshua for the remainder of the round, before landing a clean right hand and scoring his own knockdown in round 6.

The next few rounds were again cautious, both men wary of each other, until a reinvigorated Joshua attacked Klitschko in round 11 with an upper-cut blow to the right side of Klitschko's face which would be the beginning of the end for the Ukrainian.

Joshua then put together a few small but powerful combinations which sent his opponent to the canvas. Klitschko again rose but Joshua knocked him down for a second time in the round by unleashing a devastating combination of 7 punches flooring Klitschko with his deadly left hook.

Moments later Joshua tried to end the fight by swinging a few right hooks and managed to back Klitschko in to the ropes where he again sent a barrage of punches with no reply.

The referee then concluded that Klitschko had taken enough punishment and stopped the fight. At the time of stoppage, Joshua was ahead on two judges' scorecards 96—93 and 95—93, and the third judge had Klitschko ahead 95— I need to analyze and see what the heck happened.

I wish I could have raised my hands, but congrats to him. He got up, he fought back, and he won the titles. Big respect to Wladimir for challenging the young lions of the division.

The fight averaged , viewers on Showtime in the United States. It was shown live and the fight began around 5 p. ET and 2 p.

Nielsen Media Research revealed the fight peaked at , viewers which was during rounds five and six. The whole card averaged 9.

This was higher than the 8. The fight did lower numbers than Klitschko's win over Mariusz Wach in , which was watched by 11 million and Klitschko vs.

Haye, which was seen by over 16 million. At this point, it was not said that the rematch would take place. Klitschko said he needed time to review his situation before agreeing to a rematch.

It was only weeks after the fight, when Eddie Hearn filed the paperwork to the IBF to request the exception to the mandatory defense.

IBF explained that the rematch must take place no later than 2 December and the winner must fight Pulev next with no exceptions.

He had a tour of the T-Mobile Arena. There is a huge appetite from both sides to hold the rematch there and we will be talking further over the next week or so to see if that can become a reality.

It would be the biggest heavyweight Vegas fight in probably a couple of decades, so we would love to host it. On 3 August , Wladimir Klitschko announced on his official website and social media channels that he was retiring from boxing.

He competed in 29 world title fights. Klitschko also holds the record for the longest combined world championship reign in heavyweight history at 4, days; the most wins in world title bouts in the modern heavyweight history at 25; the most wins in unified title bouts and the longest unified championship reign in professional boxing history at 15 title bouts and 14 consecutive defenses respectively; and has the second most total successful title defenses of any heavyweight boxer with 23 including his first reign as WBO champion , behind Joe Louis 25 and ahead of Larry Holmes 20 and Muhammad Ali Klitschko fought in 29 heavyweight title fights, more than any heavyweight champion in the sport's history.

He also holds the record of having defeated the most boxers with an undefeated record, at 12, [ clarification needed ] and also defeated 10 current or former world champions throughout his career.

Klitschko is also a passionate golfer and was seen playing in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland. The tournament was played over three courses in including St Andrews, Carnoustie, and Kingsbarns in Fife and Angus.

Klitschko was named curator of the Ukrainian pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Gallen , where he taught master's students.

Since , Klitschko has been in a relationship with American actress Hayden Panettiere. Panettiere has appeared ringside at some of Klitschko's fights, including at Klitschko's 10th-round KO victory over Samuel Peter.

Wladimir and his brother Vitali have never fought each other in a professional fight as their mother made them promise to never fight each other.

Klitschko speaks four languages: English, German, Russian and Ukrainian. Klitschko said he would use the money to help the dreams of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian children.

After the sale, the buyer immediately returned the medal out of respect for Klitschko and because he wanted it to remain with the Klitschko family.

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Klitschko said he "suddenly lost strength in the left hand" and was forced to only use his right. The injury was believed to have happened in the second or third round.

Klitschko's trainer, Fritz Zdunek, believes this is the same kind of injury Vitali suffered in his fight with Byrd. At the post-fight press conference, a brawl ensued between Haye and Chisora.

After the altercation, Chisora challenged Haye to a fight in the ring and said, "I am going to shoot David Haye. His comments and actions were later condemned by Frank Warren, his promoter, and Wladimir Klitschko.

Klitschko was expected to face Bermane Stiverne in a mandatory title defense, but was forced to pull out due to injury.

On 15 December , Vitali Klitschko stepped back from boxing. He was announced champion emeritus, which means that if he wants to return to boxing, he can fight the WBC Heavyweight Champion without having any fights beforehand.

Since his retirement, he has maintained a low key level of training and has been in his brother's corner for most fights, most famously when he had an altercation with Anthony Joshua after Anthony Joshua vs.

During the Ukrainian presidential election and the following Orange Revolution , the Klitschko brothers openly supported the candidacy of Viktor Yushchenko.

Klitschko began campaigning for Mayor of Kiev shortly after his retirement in Klitschko simultaneously led the Vitaliy Klychko Bloc that won According to information gained by the German magazine Der Spiegel , the target was to "set up Klitschko purposefully as a new strong man in Kiev — in order to counter this way the Kremlin's growing influence".

Support consisted in logistics, training and joint performances. In October , Klitschko announced that he would run in the Kiev mayoral election.

During the Ukrainian parliamentary election , Klitschko was elected he was top candidate on UDAR's party list into the Ukrainian parliament ; when his party won 40 seats.

Klitschko announced on 24 October that he intended to take part in the next Ukrainian presidential election that was then set for Klitschko was one of the dominant figures of the Euromaidan protests.

Klitschko headed the election list of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc in the late October Ukrainian parliamentary election , but he vowed not to resign as Mayor of Kiev.

In the Kiev Mayoral election Klitschko was reelected with Klitschko resigned as Petro Poroshenko Bloc chairman on 26 May after a new law barring a head of administration to be chairman or a member of a political party took effect on 1 May Klitschko's main concern is social standards and the economy of Ukraine.

In December Klitschko described the judicial system of Ukraine as "complete degradation" and accused it of violating human rights and humiliating its prisoners.

In early April Klitschko called for early presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine. The elder Klitschko was also one of the commanders in charge of cleaning up the effects of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster in and was afterward diagnosed with cancer.

Klitschko has been accused of working as a debt collector in the s for mafia boss Viktor Rybalko. Vitali Klitschko is married to Natalia Egorova, a former athlete and model.

In , Klitschko graduated from the Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky Pedagogical Institute Ukraine [13] and was accepted into the postgraduate study program at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

On 29 February , he presented his doctoral thesis on "talent and sponsorship in sports" [] at the "Kyiv University of Physical Science and Sports" and his PhD in Sports Science was conferred.

Klitschko has lived for years in Germany in addition to residing in Kiev. Both Vitali and his brother are avid chess players.

Vitali is a friend of former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik and the two have played, with Kramnik always winning. Vitali has commented that "chess is similar to boxing.

You need to develop a strategy, and you need to think two or three steps ahead about what your opponent is doing. You have to be smart.

But what's the difference between chess and boxing? In chess, nobody is an expert, but everybody plays. In boxing everybody is an expert, but nobody fights.

Vitali and his brother also have been involved in charitable activities dedicated to supporting the needs of schools, churches and children.

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